Trace-holder.



\ v No. 867,603. PATENTED 0 1851 071 W. L. RICHARDSON.

TRACE HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR-.2,, 1906. RENEWED AUG 27-11907;

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WILLIAM L. RICHARDSON, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

TRACE-HOLDER.

Patented Oct. 8, 1907.

Application filed March 2, 1906, Serial No. 303,858. Renewed August 2'7, 1907. Serial No. 390,382.

My invention relates to improvements in trace holders, the object of the invention being to provide improvements of this character of simple construction, cheap to manufacture, applicable to any size or style of whiflletree, and neat and attractive in appearance and which will secure a trace on the wh iflletree against all possibility of accidental disconnection, yet when.

moved to its releasing position will permit the easy and quick removal or attachment of a trace however stiff it may be.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claimsv In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating my improvements in operative position. Fig.2 is a plan view and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a;inodification.

1 represents a iirhifiietree of ordinary construction, to which my improved holder 2 is pivotally secured. The holder 2, comprises a spring wire, coiled midway between its ends, as shown at 3 and the wires extended approximately parallel, in arearward direction, forming opposite spring jaws of an open spring clamp 4 to slide onto and from the whifiletree and when forced thereon will securely clamp the holder against accidental movement; The wires are then bent back upon themselves, as shown at 5 to a point about midway the thickness of the whifiletree when attached thereto, and are then bent, forming the loop portion 6 to receive the trace 7, and then extend inward along the whiflietree the desired distance and are slightly curved or bowed.

at their inner ends as shown at 8, and terminate in lugs or pins to be forced into the whiffletree and secured in any desired manner. The loop portion 6 is located a sufficient distance from the point of pivotal attachment to permit the loop when the holder is swung to open or releasing position to allow the trace to be easily in serted in the loop and over the whiffletree or removed from such position without the application of great power even though the trace be very stiff.

A wire loop 9 is pivotally attached to the bowed portions 8 of holder 2 by bending the ends of the loop 9 around the bowed portion 8 and this loop 9 is adapted to receive the end of the trace when the latter is secured on the whiffletree some distance from its rear end and thus hold this long overlapping portion of the trace out of the way and is an additional security for the trace attachment.

The operation is as follows:To attach the trace to the whiflletree, the holder 2 is swung to the position shown-in Fig. 2, when the trace can be readily passed through the loop 6 and over the end of the whiflietree. The holder is then forced back onto the whiflietree and the spring clamp 4 will firmly grasp the end of the latter and prevent possibility of accidental movement of the holder.

'The spring clamp 4 can be spread or contracted to fit whiflletrees of various sizes and shapes and the holder can be adjusted to fit almost any kind of whifiiet-ree known and can be easily affixed to whiffletrees in use.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 3, the holder is shown on a whiflietree having a metal end and is provided with inwardly projecting bent jaws 10 to grasp the whiffietree and assist the spring jaw 4, which latter engages the metal end, and securely clamp the holder in its operative position.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence, I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my. invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is'.

1. A trace holder, comprising arms to be pivotally secured to a whiflietree, an open spring clamp to engage the whifl'letree and secure the holder thereon against pivotal movement, and a trace receiving loop formed in the holder between the clamp and the pivotal point of the holder.

2. A trace holder, comprising a spring wire bent forming an open clamp at its end to slide onto the whifiietree and clamp the same, a trace receiving loop formed in the wire to one side of the clamp, and means for pivotally securing the inner ends ofthe wires to the whifiietree.

3. A trace holder comprising a spring wire to be pivotally attached at its ends to a whiflletree and bent between its ends forming a spring cla1np open at one end to receive the outer end of the whiflletree, and loops formed in the wire in proximity to the clamp to embrace the edges of the trace.

4. The combination with a Whiiiletree, of a trace holder pivoted thereto having an open spring clamp at its outer end to engage the outer end of the \vhiiiletree, trace receiving loops formed in the holder between the clamp and points of pivotal attachment to embrace the edges of the trace, and a trace receiving loop pivotally attached to the holder.

5. A wire trace holder comprising two parts, connected together,

pivotally one to be pivotaiiy attached to a \vlliiiletree and constructed with an open spring clamp to receive the \vhitlletree outside 01. the connection of the trace to the latter, and the other to receive and hold the overlapping end or the trace.

in testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence 01' two subscribing witnesses.

\VlLl/IAM L. RICHARDSON. Witnesses l J. E. Flueic, E. \V. 00am. 

